Chaldean Semites
Chesterton, G. K.
Children of Israel. See Israelites
Christians, anti-Semitism of
Chronicles (Book of)
Cicero
Circumcision
as Avram’s covenant, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1
of Moshe, 3.1, 4.1
Cities, development of
Code of Hammurabi
Commandments
ark for, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1
broken by Israelites, 4.1, 4.2
eternal life and
justification unnecessary for
murder prohibition, 4.1, 4.2
numbering of
presented to Israelites
tablets containing, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Communism, as processive godless faith
Confessions, The (Augustine of Hippo), 5.1
Correspondences, primitive religious, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2
Cyclical worldview
art reflecting, 2.1, 2.2
concept of time in, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 6.1
defined
in Eastern religions
historical sense lacking in, 1.1, 7.1
immortality concept lacking in
processive worldview vs.
Cyrus (king of Persia)
Dalley, Stephanie
Daniel (Book of)
David (king of Israel)
anointed king
mythical stature of
poetry of, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
Saul’s hatred of
sense of self
slays Gohath
wives of, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
YHWH chooses, 5.1
YHWH’S displeasure with, 5.1
Death, realm of
in Epic of Gilgamesh, 1.1, 1.2
in Sumerian cosmology
Democracy, based on individuality
Deuterocanonical/apocryphal books, of Bible, itr.1, 7.1, 7.2
Deuteronomy (Book of), 4.1, 4.2, 7.1
Dietary laws
Donne, John
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Dumuzi (Sumerian god), 1.1, 2.1
Dylan, Bob
Earth goddess (Great Mother), 1.1, 7.1
Ecclesiastes (Book of), itr.1, 1.1, 6.1
Eden
Education, importance to Israelites of
Egypt
Avram in, 2.1, 3.1
Joseph in
monotheism in
Moshe leads Israelites from
plagues on, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3
See also Pharaohs, of Egypt
Ekade, Mircea, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
Elijah the Tishbite (prophet)
Eliot, T. S.
Enki (Sumerian god)
Epic of Gilgamesh
antecedents to Bible from, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
contemporary values reflected in
death of Enkidu
description of Uruk
Enkidu as natural man
father in, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
friendship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu, 1.1, 1.2
Gilgamesh as Semitic king, 1.1, 1.2
mother in, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
as myth vs. historical document, 4.1, 4.2
prostitutes in, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
seeking immortality
Epic of Israel. See Bible, Torah
Esav/Esau, 2.1, 3.1
Esther (Book of)
Eternity
ancient conception of, 4.1, 4.2
See also Immortality
Eve and Adam, 1.1, 5.1
Exile, of Jews
Exodus, story of
Exodus (Book of)
as blueprint for modern liberation movements, 7.1
dietary laws from
as historical document, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
time period covered in, 3.1, 7.1
Faith, origin of, through Hebrew God, 2.1, 3.1, 6.1
Farming, Sumerian development of, 1.1, 1.2
Fate, origins of term
Feminist theories
on Bible
on the Great Mother
Fertile Crescent, early communities in, 1.1, 1.2
Fertility
in Epic of Gilgamesh, 1.1
feared loss of
moon and, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2
Fiedler, Leslie, Love and Death in the American Novel, 1.1
Fox, Everett, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1
Future, as promise vs. predetermined, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1
Garden of Eden
Gehenna
Genealogies
importance to Israelites of, 2.1, 4.1
See also History
Genesis (Book of)
anachronisms in
as historical document, 4.1, 4.2
Sumerian antecedents to
time period covering
Genocide, attempts in Egypt
Gershom (son of Moshe)
birth of
circumcision of, 3.1
Gilboa, Mount, Philistines defeat Israelites
Gilgamesh. See Epic of Gilgamesh
Gimbutas, Marija
Ginsberg, Allen
God. See Hebrew God; YHWH
God. A Biography (Miles), 7.1
Gods
of Canaan, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2
Sumerian patronal, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
See also specific names
Goliath
Great Mother (Earth goddess), 1.1, 7.1
Greece, cyclical worldview
Hades, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Hagar the Egyptian, 2.1, 2.2
Halakha, 4.1
Hammurabi, 2.1, 4.1
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Hapiru. See Israelites
Harran (Sumer)
Avram’s migration to
ziggurat of
Ha-Shem (“the Name”), 3.1
Hatred, of God
Heavens
significance to primitive man, 1.1, 1.2
See also Moon
Hebrew God
names for, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1
origin of faith through, 2.1, 3.1
patriarchs see, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1
See also YHWH
Hebrew language
development of
pronunciation and meaning in
Hebrew literature
birth of
evolution in exile
See also Bible
Hebrews. See Israelites
Hebron
Hell, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
Henotheism
Hezekiah (king of Judah)
Hinnom, Valley of
History
Bible’s authenticity as, 2.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 7.1
Hebrew God’s intervention in, 3.1, 3.2
invention of concept of, 4.1, 4.2
Sumerians lacking sense of
See also Cyclical worldview; Writing
Homer
Odyssey, 2.1
Homosexuality
Biblical proscriptions against
in warrior societies, 1.1, 1.2
Horeb, Mount. See Sinai, Mount
Hosea (prophet)
House of David
accomplishments of
Rehoboam (son of Solomon)
Solomon (son of David), 6.1, 6.2
See also David (king of Israel)
Human sacrifice
Avraham offers son as
in Kingdom of Judah
prisoners of war as
in Sumer
Husbandry, Sumerian innovations, 1.1, 1.2
Hyksos, rulers of Egypt
Iliad (Homer), 1.1
Immortality
commandments and
concept absent in ancient world
in Epic of Gilgamesh, 1.1
through Hebrew God
See also Eternity
Individuality
concept of
David’s consciousness of
democracy based on
enabling faith, 2.1, 3.1
human worth increasing through
redemption and, 6.1, 6.2
Injustice
idol worship as
power and wealth as, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
Innana. See Ishtar (Sumerian goddess)
Iraq. See Sumer
Isaac. See Yitzhak (son of Avraham)
Isaiah of Judah (prophet), 6.1, 7.1
Ishmael. See Yishmael (son of Avraham)
Ishtar (Sumerian goddess), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.1
Ishullanu (Sumerian god)
Israel, Kingdom of (northern area)
Assyrian conquest of
breaks away from United Kingdom
prophets warn
See also Israel, United Kingdom of
Israel (son of Yitzhak). See Yaakov/Jacob/Israel (son of Yitzhak)
Israel, United Kingdom of
David consolidates
demise of
Jerusalem as capital of, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Solomon as king of, 6.1, 6.2
See also David (king of Israel)
Israelites
attempted genocide of
Canaanite culture absorbed by, 5.1, 6.1
commandments broken by, 4.1, 4.2
commandments given to
conquest of Canaan
in desert of Sinai, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
factionalism among, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 6.1
importance of genealogies to, 2.1, 4.1
monarchy desired by, 5.1, 6.1
Moshe leads from Egypt
Philistines and, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7
Saul as king of, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
tribes of, 3.1, 5.1, 6.1
Jacob (son of Yitzhak). See Yaakov/Jacob/Israel (son of Yitzhak)
Jehovah. See YHWH
Jeremiah (prophet)
Jericho, 5.1, 5.2
Jerusalem
as capital of United Kingdom of Israel, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
Temple in, 4.1, 6.1, 6.2
Jesse of Bethlehem (father of David), 5.1, 6.1, 6.2
Jethro (father-in-law of Moshe), 3.1, 4.1
Jewish laws
dietary
lex talionis (law of retaliation), 4.1
See also Commandments; Torah
Jews
Judeans known as, 6.1, 6.2
See also Israelites
Jezebel (queen of Israel)
Job, 2.1, 6.1, 7.1
Joel (prophet)
Joseph (son of Yaakov/Israel), slavery and triumph in Egypt
Joshua, 5.1, 5.2
Joshua (Book of), 5.1, 5.2, 7.1
Josiah (king of Judah)
Judah, Kingdom of (southern area)
conquest by Babylon, itr.1, 6.1
northern Israel breaks away from
prophets warn
See also Israel, United Kingdom of
Judges (Book of), 5.1, 7.1
Judith (Book of)
Justice, YHWH as God of, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1
Ketuvim, 7.1, 7.2
King List (Sumerian), 1.1, 1.2
Kings (Book of), 5.1, 6.1, 7.1
Languages
Akkadian (Old Babylonian), itr.1, 1.1, 1.2
Hebrew, itr.1, 3.1
metaphor as basis of all
Leviticus (Book of), 4.1, 7.1
Lex talionis (law of retaliation), 4.1
Literature, Hebrew
birth of
evolution of, in exile
See also Bible
Lot (nephew of Avram), 2.1, 2.2
imprisonment of
saved from Sodom’s destruction
Love and Death in the American Novel (Fiedler), 1.1
Mahn-hu (manna), 4.1
Mamre (modern Hebron), Avram’s settlement in
Man and Time (Puech), itr.1
Manasseh (king of Judah)
Manna, defined
Mathematics, Sumerian
Medicine, Sumerian
Men
as prostitutes, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
relationships between, valued in
warrior societies, 1.1, 1.2, 5.1
Merab (daughter of Saul)
Mesopotamia
early communities in, 1.1, 1.2
See also Babylon; Sumer
Metallurgy
Metaphor
basis of all thought/language
See also Correspondences, primitive religious
Micah (prophet)
Michal (wife of David; daughter of Saul), 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
Midwives, refusal to murder newborn Israelites by
Miles, Jack, God: A Biography, 7.1
Mishna
Moab (Moav)
Moloch (Canaanite god)
Monotheism
combining moral and legal realms
development of, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 6.1
Egyptian pharaoh decrees
See also Hebrew God; YHWH
Moon
influence over primitive man
Sumerian worship of, 1.1, 1.2
symbols for, 2.1, 2.2
Moses. See Moshe (Moses)
Moshe (Moses)
birth of
character of, vs. Avraham
circumcision of, 3.1, 4.1
death of
as Egyptian name
encounters YHWH on Mount Sinai, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
leads Israelites from Egypt
plagues and, 3.1, 3.2
response to broken commandments
Myths
history vs., 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4
Sumerian, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1
Nanna-Sin (Sumerian god), 1.1, 1.2, 2.1
Naomi
Nathan (prophet), 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2
Nebuchadnezzar
Neviim, 7.1, 7.2
Newman, John Henry
New Testament